Plasma Control Engineer: Real-Time Fusion Systems

Women's Engineering Society; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Relocation

Flexible working

Employee support

Job summary

UK Atomic Energy Authority is seeking a Plasma Control Engineer to develop and operate Plasma Control Systems for fusion experiments, primarily MAST-U and STEP, with support across other tokamaks worldwide.

Responsibilities span requirements, modelling, implementation, commissioning and operation, plus tool development for plasma operations and potential publications in journals and conferences.

Qualifications

• Degree in a scientific, engineering or technical subject (e.g. Plasma Physics, Control Engineering, Robotics, Software Engineering).
• Demonstrable experience of developing working, understandable software in at least one language used in scientific or engineering applications (particularly Python, C/C++, Fortran).
• Knowledge and experience of real-time control systems.
• Appetite and ability to learn and apply new technologies.
• Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate well on projects.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development, operation and maintenance of software, tools and models for MAST-U Plasma Control System and STEP programme.
• Collaborate with external organisations within the European Fusion community in the development of software related to plasma control and operations.
• Undertake software/control system development for other projects for internal and external customers.
• Manage own tasks with attention to quality and timescales; submit progress reports on time.
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations for internal and external forums.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Fortran

Real-time control

Education

Physics/Engineering degree

Tools

FPGA design

Real-time software tools

Job description

UK Atomic Energy Authority is seeking a Plasma Control Engineer to develop and operate Plasma Control Systems for fusion experiments, primarily MAST-U and STEP, with support across other tokamaks worldwide.

Responsibilities span requirements, modelling, implementation, commissioning and operation, plus tool development for plasma operations and potential publications in journals and conferences.